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solete. They did, it is iruc lengthen the piers to accomrttodaU the gfeat Bhipa, but those who did that did not Mop to think that with tho immenge more freight that would haVQ to be handled it would even be TTeeessary to mako the piers widor. "But on the comprehensive prob 1cm, which is much more thnn the plel probletn, nothing has been done, so fax as I know, except talk, untll thia joint stat* commission was created. Now, T say that twenty years is certainly lo.ng enough to wait beforc the statc should step in to exercUe its powers in a matter of such grave consoquonce. As j a matter of fact, the City of New York ! is imnblc alono to solve thls probh-m. I' can be done only by the exerciso | ol "state powers, and with Fcdcral powers added to that. and if the city ndmlnistratlon, assuming that it had the comprehenston to gra^p the prob i m, were to start out upon somo con stritctive solution of the problem the I first thing it would have to do would j be to come to Albany for additymal power with which to solve it." Mayor Hylan and other city offieials, including Corporation Counsel O'Brien ard Comptroller Craig, who had come to Albany to opposo the port treaty bill, did not attend the meeting in the Executive chambcr, but loarned of the criticism heaped upon them by the Governor after it was o\?r. An attempt by Comptroller Craig to voice his opinions of Governor Miller's frankaess durirg the i.earing before the Finance Committee did not matc rializc when Senat >r Charlea Hewitt, chairman of the committee. cut him short. saying that it. was ivrelevant to the case at hand. Comptroller Craig did not get any further than expr< ss :ng indignat.on over "tho siura cas^ on the city officials" by the Governor and other advocates of the bill. Mayor's Speech Is Brief The speech made by Mayor Hylan was brief. "The City of New York," he said, "might as well return i;" charter to the state if this bill ?o< through. The people of New York are getting tired of having their city r;:n by coimrnis sions. "The Bronx Park and the P .. Scrvice commisfi ns ' ave done nothi . but spend the city's money and we d - mand that this legisl ith n bt . ? ated." "The city has csrried >. its port d velopmer.t," he continui artificial authori:; which would put the city in a straitji .??. You would make this proposed .?? . m sa on a Dis , trict of Columbia in itsel :md givc it the right to exploit New York City's port in the interest of such railroads j as want to deveiop their owi. proper tiCS." Notice that the constitutionality of the bill, in the event of ita enactinent, will be qucstioned berore the cOurts was served by Corporation Counsel O'Brien. The proponents of the bill were headed by William R. Wilcox, a mem ber of the Port Dovelopment Commis sion. and Julina Henry Cohen, counsel to the commission. The various organ izations represented and their repre sentatives included the following: J. Barstow Smull, chairman of the Com? mittee on Ilarbor and Shipping; J. C. Lincoln, of the Merchants' Assoeiation of New York; William F. McConnell, New York Board of Trade and Trans portation; Arthur Murtha, TIarleni Board of Trade; Raymond V. Ingersoll, City Club of New York; J. Bernstein, the Fifth Avenue Association; Walter T. Arndt, the Citi:'.cns* TJnion; Josoph E. Kean, Central Mercantile Associa? tion, and also representatives of the Albany, Troy and Rochester chambers of commerce. Benson To Be Ship Board Pending Reorganization Hnrding Gives Admiral Full Authority to Carry Out His Policies for the Present From The- Tribune'x i\'a<hington Bureau WASHINGTON, March 15. ?Prcsi dent Harding and Rear Admiral W. S. Benson, chairman of the Shipping Board, conferred to-day, and as a result, it can be said that Admiral Benson, who has been continued as the head of the board for the time being, will have a free hand for the present in trying out his policies in respect to shipping, Tno President recestly aent a letter to Admiral Benson directing that the functions of the board be carricd on as usual, in spite of the fact that, the memberahip is not yet filled. Practi cally the meaning of this is that Ad? miral Benson is going to function as the board until the permanent arrange ment with respect to it ia made, I* is pointed out that for the next month this will give Admiral Benson a chance to try out his policies. Although the time will be brief, it will enablc him to demonstrate to some extcnt what he can do. President Harding bas decided on at least four of the aeven men to com prise the new board. The names were ready for presentation to the Scnate when it was pointed out to the Presi? dent that the. law establishing the board apecitieally provided that all scven members of the board must be selectcd at the same time. The discovery waa somewhat distarbing for the moment. since the President yesterday had re quested the Senate to remain "in specia! session one day longer to afford him an opportunity to get the four selections confirmed and to start them on their work without further delav. Crowd Pummels Man Accused by Little Girl Women in Throng That flap tures Fugitive, Who 7* Res eued by Patrolman Hundreds of men and worncn joined ln a chase last night that ended in the capture of William Lewis, a chauffeur, thirty-threo years old, of 22 West Fifty-ninth Street. The man was badly beaten by the crowd, which accused him of ill treating Anna Becker, six years old, daughter of Charles Becker, fcf 520 West Forty-ninth Street. The girl was sent by her mother to a coal dealer's store near by Rhortly after 7 o'clock in the morning, When she did not return after more than a>i hour Becker and neighbofs bcga look for her and before noon there were more than 100 searcher: abroad. The nrst news of Anna ;ame from Nicholas Finklestein, of ,...? West Fifty-fourth Street, who found Lewis with the chlld in the hallway of the house. Finklestein ran after Lewis and was immediately reinforced by a < that grew with every yard traversed, Patrolman Sherer, of t! e West Forty seventh Street station, joined the c and ran Lewis down, being compelled to call for assistance before he could save the man from the crowd. Lewis told the police that he was discharged from the army for disa bility, but refused to say to what regi ment he had been attached. In his pockets were letters of reeommenda tion from employers in New York and Bo8ton testifying to his trustworthi-, noss as a chauffeur. ? ' ? Negro Lyuched Near Jail TEXARKAKA, Texas, March 15.? Brownie Tuttle, negro, charged, with fcssuult on an eiderly white woman near Hope. Ark., early to-dav, was taken from the Hope city jail to-night by a mob of .'500 porsons and hanged ??tr th? jail. Seiiate Will Pass Transit Bill To-dav (Ctntlniwd from pm* ?*?) liam Duggan and Minority LeadarJamea J. Walker, of New York. The debate in the Senato was atarted by Senator Duggan, who movod that the enacting clauso be strieken out. He then turned to Senator Knight and asked him to explain the bill. Instcad of Senator KmKht rislng, Majority Leader Lusk took the floor. At the outset he said that one of tho purposes of the bill was to enablo the transit commission to eatablish fares in New York City en a coat plufl basis and to empowcr the statewido Public Service Commission to do like wise with traction lines upstato and other public utilities. "This bill Is necessnry," snid Sen? ator Lusk, "becauso of the gas and traction situation in New York City. Transit lines in New York aro now charging two and three fares where formerly only ono waa charged. Then, too, there have been complaints from clorgymen that working girls and young women are being molested by men in the subwaya during the rush hours. This is not only dangerous to Tnorals, but to hcalth, and from the standpomt of Morals and health we must tako the situation in hand. Prrmanent Farc Raiso "The scheme of this bill is to provide for a temporary or permanent raise of fare. No pronerty rights will be taken from the city. All that ia proposed to do is to change the rate-fixing powers ne city orgtnization to another, and thus the City of New York ia high ly favored, for the up-state citics muat ;.bide by the action of a state-w'ide commission.'' Sevcral Scnutors jumped to their feet to take issuc with the statcmcnts made by the majority leader. Minority Leader Walker was first recognized. "Yes." ho said. "but the City of New York invested $300,000,000 of its own money in the subwnys, so there is no parallel between up*-state communities and New York. "Why," exclaimed Senator John Boy? lan, "you are mnking it impossible in this bill to remove any of the ap pointees of the Public Service Commis? sion. You are hedging them around with. ?rreater restriction than is placed around the Governor. The Execut.ive of the state can be impeached on a ' majority vote of the Assembly and a \ two-thirds vote of the Senatej but in | this bill you provide that it shall.take i a two-thirds vote of both houses to re- I move any of these public service com- | missioners. "Is it because you cannot get a i decent type to take the job that you j protect it?" Lusk's Explanation "Tho reason," replied Senator Lusk,! "ia because tho Governor wants to put ;he commissioners on a parity with the ! Sup'-eme Court." "But that docs not apply here, for' the Supreme Court judges "are consti tutional ofricers and their terms and r.alaries are tixed in the constitution by a vote of the pcople," retorted Sena? tor Boylan. "Look, however, at the transit commission. The members of this are made subject to removal by the Governor, so that he can always have the City of New York by tho thioat. You proposo to throtide the city. You have a joker here forcing the city to buy lines it does not want." "Where is there such a provision in j the bill?" inquired Senator Lusk. Senator Boylan pointed it out, and; Senator Luak made no comment. Senator Duggan called upon Senator | Knight to say if it was not a fact that; the bill delegated to the tranait com? mission all the powers of all the elec- ! tive offieials of New York City. Senator Knight dodged the question. I Senator Boylan. pointing a menacing! finger at Majority Leader Lusk, ex? claimed: "Remember, we had a Boston j tea party. We may have a New York j traction party!" Senator Nathan Straus jr. then in? quired if the bill would permit the transit commission to abrogate the leases which have been the baais of most of the crooked financing of the roads. "No," said Senator Knight, "it would not." "Yea, it wonldl" exclaimed Majority Leader Lusk. "Who is right?" inquired Senator StrAus, a bit bewildered. Senator htraus paused, but no one answered. Then, turning to Senator Lusk, he said: "Let us stop beating about the bush and tell the Senate what is the mtention of the commission with respect to these leases; for ex ample, tho Manhattan Elcvated lease. A g'arantoe on this lease of 7 per cent on $04,000,000 of capital stock of the company has been made by the Inter borough.v City Forced to Buy "I don't know what bush you're beat? ing around and I do not know what the commission, which has not yet been appointed, will do." "Thanks." renlied Senator St.rnnq "T i undcrstand. Xow, a word in closing. Let me call the attention of the Senate to one phrase in this bill which com pels the city to purchase anything 'con sidered desirable' by tho transit com? mission." Senator Straus thcn read the section in question and asked if that did not empower the commission to force the city to buy any line the commission thought it should buy. Tho sponsors of the bil! ngreed that this was so. Minority Leader Walker began by characterizing the bill as one. of the most gigantic steals ever contemplated. "One thing which has been bothering i me," said Senator Walker, "is the sec j tion providing for the stabiiizing of 1 securities. Is this section for the ben ' efit of those men pronounced by Gov? ernor Miller as crooks and raalefac tors? Is it for these men that you are violating home. rule and invoking the police power of'the state? Is it for ? e poor fitoek manipulators who, ac cording to their own returns, only made 187 per cent <>n their investment in tne last twelve years?" Then with all the dramatic power at his command Senator Walker aaid: "What you are doing will bring anout a revolt of the people of the city againat the people of up-?tate. Anil the revolt is coming." A yote was then taken ifn Senator Ouggan's motion to strike out. It was lost by a vote of 28 to 18. The vote was a rising one, unrecord ecl. Then the bill was advanced to third reading without opposition, the opponents of the measure realizing they were defeated. City Tahcs Ten-Cent B. R. T. Fare Into Court Company Is Required to Show ?ause Friday Why the Raise Should Not Be Restrained Court action was taken by Corpora tion Coiinsel O'Brijn yesterday to test the rijfyt. of the B. R. T. to establish ;\ 7.on?p system, charge double fares and ciinuaate traaafer poiots ea Mr-, K tain trolley linea operated by the com? pany in Brooklyn. Juitiee David J. .Manning of the Su remo Court, on application of the lorporation Cotinsel, slgned an order direeting Lindb y M. Garrison, roeeivor for the It. R. T., to ahow cause Friday morning why the company should .not. be restrainod from collecting- doublo fares. Tho court declined to issuc an injunction to provont the collection of 10 oent fares nn permitted under an order issued last Saturday by Public Service. Commissioner Barrett. It held thero was doubt whether tho state court had jurladiotion to interveno in tho traction situation involving tho B. R. T? which )s in the hands of a ro? eeivor appointod by the Federal court. Acting on Mr. Barrett s decision the t B, R. T. at 6 a. m. yesterday installed J the /one system, oliminating transfors '?? and ehnrglng 10 cents betwecn certain I pointa on tune lines operated by tho ; Nassau Klcetric Railway Company. the ? Brooklyn. Qucens County <v Suburban . Railway Company and tho Coney Island I <R Brooklyn Railrond Company. Reports roeeivod by tho company ? ;aid that there was Httlo grumbling on i the part of the public. although many j persons got off tho carfl when the.eon I ductors appeared for the second colloci ion, The hearing on Friday is expected to detcrmino whether tho new system rhall be permitted to continue. Johnson Ronetvs Fight Against Traction Bill CaUs Ame.mlments Bald Attempt to Place the City at the Mercy of Companies and Raise Fares Senator Hiram W. Johnson, of Cali fornia, returned to New York yesterday to resumo his duties as special counsol in Mayor Hylan's light against Gover? nor Miller's traction measure. Soon after he entered the suite as signed him in the. Corporation Counsel's office ln the Municipal Building Mr. Johnson made public another chapter Of the serial which he began before he returned to Washington for the special session of the Senats. Mr. Johnson. in | calling his serial "The Tragedy of Xew j York's Traction," said his purpose was j to enlighten tho public, through daily , installments, of his interpretation of ! the Knight-Adler bill. j- Referring to amendments added to the bill in his absence <n Washington, ; Mr. Johnson, in his latest chapter, said: I ."?* c?yr-^. the wrong and injustice i ot the bill have always been plain, but , if there were any credulous people j who, in reliance upon tho statements of | the sponsors of the measure, believed its purpose to be other than whal its words demonstrated, the amendments recently adopted will make it very clear oven to them what is being attempted. Ihese amendments, while still further aiding the traction companies and add-1 ing to their advantages and injuring even more the city, show plainly the l primary purpose of the bill is to in crease fares. "By one of the amendments the pro-i posed transit commission is authorized to make increases, This i what the ! Mayor and Corporation Counsol have from tho lirst insisted was the purpose: of the bill. It is what its advocates have with a pretense of indignation denied. There is no longer any pre- ! tense. The bill is a bald attempt to place Xew York City at the mercy of the traction companies and to increase fares. There has never been a more nagrant endeavor at special privilege legislation; no more wieked blow aimed ? at local self-governmont; no more in | solcnt disregard of peoplcjs rights." .-?*? City Adopts Daylight Saving for Five Months Aldermen Fix Time From Last Sunday in April to the Last in September The Board of Aldermen yesterday j adopted an amendment to the stnnding | ordinance providing for daylight sav? ing for five months, from the last Sun? day in April to the last Sunday in Sep tember, inttead of seven months, March to October, as provided under , the old ordinance, passcd in October, 1919. Municipalities vere given the ; option to pass their own ordinances ' under the recent bill adopted by the Legtslature repealing the state'-wide daylight saving law. In recommending the adoption of i the amendment the Committee on Gen eral Welfare said that the numerous j requests received by the President of the Board of Aldermen from neighhor- ' ing cities and towns for the continu-' ance of daylight saving by this city : eloquen ly testify to its popularity and benehcence." i The amendment was adopted unani- : mouSly- A rcROiution introduced bv ! Aldcrrnan Francis D. McGarey, 0f i Brooklyn, and Louis Zeltner, of Man-' hattan, requesting the Board of Esti : mate to resume the Grand Street fe'rrv service to Broadway, Brooklyn, was unammouEly adopted. President Hunts Files lu White House Cellar IMissing Document Discovered After Offieial Exploration of Basemeut From The Tribune's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, March l5.-Consid erable stir was caused among the at taches of the White House offlces to day when it was lenrned that President Harding was exploring the basement beneath the offlces. Accompanied by Secretary Chnstian and veteran clerks the President spenl fifteen , r rentv minutes exploring the nooks ... , V While discussing with Secretary Chnstian the program for the day's rountine cert,. ,, information was nec ossary before they cou-ld proceed. Upon lnquiry they learned that the di iired information war, contained in a book ] in the file room m the basement Tho President immediately exproased a de sire to see the basement and a moment later he had started 'on the tour of I lnspeotion. He found the book which ' he desired Wmself and incidentally learned more about his offlces, Manslaughter Plea Ends Trial of Mrs. Massella Attorney Caesar Barra, defending Mrs. Donatella Massella, of 11 South Avenue, Corona, oft trial for murder in the Queens County Court, brougbt 'he case to an abrupt end yesterday after noon when he offered to plead guiltv to manslaughter in the first degree for"his i client, the plea being promptly accept ed by Diatrict Attorney Dana Wallace Mrs. Massella was charged with hav ing killed Mrs. Concetta Alticri, herl neighbor, Deeember 28 last. The most ' startling evidence in the case consisted of two re-volvers, one of which is said ] to have been used by the defendant ! when she killed Mrs. Altieri and the Other found by detectivea in the home of Mrs. Alticri after her death. 1 According to a stat?W3nt bv Mrs. i Massella after her arrest, she shot the i other woman because she waa dragginc' Mrs. Massella'a boy about her backvard ? and oeating him. Francesco Altieri, husband of the; dead woman, testified that Mrs. Massel- ' la had said to his wife two days beforo the snooting, "You will never see the new year, because I mean to kiil you i ia two days." , Workers Put Rail Pay Cut . ITp to U. S. (Contlnuoil trom paon nnr) additional dntn purportins to show that the cost of living had been reduced and that wages in other industrUa had fallrft below tho levels for similar work on the railroafda. These arguments were disputod by tho labor leaders, who Hiinounced they would take their cause before tho Railroad Labor Board. Pcnnsylvania Pc~la Notlcoa Tho Pcnnsylvania Railroad an nouncod last night that nottcos had been posted along its systcm informing employees that "changed conditions Bince the present rates of pay became effoctive warrant a reduction in snl anes and wages," and that the manage mont therefore proposcd to makc a re? duction in pay elTcctive April 20. While no mention of tho extcnt of the cut is made in the statement, it is under stood that it will be similar to those proposcd by the other lines-that is the deduction of the increases granted by t\.r Labor Board last July. Poi the purpoae of disouaaing the proposcd revision of wages, aays the statement;, a aeries of conferonces have been schoduled, to he attended by rep I resentatives of subordinate offieials | and employees, when an attempt will be j mnde to "reach an agreement as to I what constltutes just and reasonable rates of pay in the light of present conditions." All the conferonces will take place in Moosc Ilall, G28 Penn Avenue, PittSburgh, this city being solectod as benig most accessible from all points of the systcm. Meetings of reprc sontativea from the various depart menta nre sheduled for March 31, April 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 16. The notico bears the signatures of ('. S. Krick, general manager of the Eastorn region; R. E. McCarty, of the Central region; T. B. Hamilton, general man? ager of the Northwestern region; R. W, Geer, for the Southwestern region, and P. F. Smith, for the works at Altoona, l'a. Marinc Reduction ( onlirmcd In addition, J. E. Fairbanks. secre tary of the General Managers Asaoeia tion of the railroads emering this port, confirmed the pro\-ion.--ly announced in tention of the railroads to reduce the wages of marinc workers employed on 'he railroad-owncd bargea, lighters and crafts operatlng in the harbor. The new schedule was to go into effect on April 20, tho men, it 'is proposcd, to return to the scale of wages obtaining before April 30, fo.fj, when the last increase allowed by the Labor Board became effectivc. It constitutos a cut. of from 14 to 20 per cent for all classea of workers aboord ferriea, tuga and lighters. Cap tnins who now receive $220 a month will be cut to $1P0; engineers who get $210 will be reuueed to $180, and por t< rs, the cheapest class employed on the craft, will bc cut. from $110 to $95. eight hour day, however, will be ? ?? ' lined. The marinc workers will dis cuas I hc proposit ion within the next two or three days and will then make their reply to the managers. It was unoflicially reported thal the propoaals would he rejected and the matter threshed out before the Labor Board. In connection with the sweeping slashes in pay and ;>' rsonnel projected by all the road.-, Thomas Dc Witt Cliy ler, chairman of the Association of Railway Executives, denied that. the re? ductions were promoted in concert by the railroad, heads. "There has been no clique of rail-1 road executives under whose auspices a reduction in railway pay has been promoted," he said in a statement. issued yesterday. "Each road had acted inde pendently upon its own responsibility j without advice from this association or any committee of this association, e\ cepting that the transportation act must be strictly complied with." N. V. C. Action a Precedent The New York Central conference was the first of the numerous meet? ings scheduled by tho various rail? roads with their employees on tho question of wage cuts and is signiti cant as foreshadowing the probable stand that the workers on the other lines gcnerally may bc expected to take. Representing tho railroad at the meeting were W. J. Fripp. general manager of the Eastern lines, who pre sided, and A. S. Ingalls, the Western manager. The laborers were repre sonted by twenty-nine leaders for the various phases of railroad work, o? cept the "Big Four" brotherhoods. With the semi-skilled men affected, the. leaders claimed to repreaent about forty thousand. The men took the position that the present wage standard must he main tained to prevent suffering among the workers. Stair contended that the wage incrense which the railroad is trying to wipe out was granted by the Labor Board and that they did not in tend to give it up unless the board took it from them. "The rejection of the propoaals, how? ever," said Stair, "does not mean a withdrawal from service. But should the New York Central management arbitrarily place the new schedule into effoct on April 1, then we shall insist that the matter go at oncc before the Labor Board for decision. "Moreover, we intend to abide by the decision of the Railroad Labor Board after the matter has been argued be- ! fore it, and there will bo no trouble if j the railroads agree to do the same." B.9 R, B. tSc L. Employees Vote for Protest Strike BOSTON, March 15.?More than 98 ! per cent of the 000 employees of the ' Boston, Rcvere Tieach & Lynn Railroad' have voted to strike in pnjtost against the wage reduction announced for i Thursday, grand lodgo officers of the \ "big tive" railroad unions announced to-night after completing the count of : the ballots cast yesterday. CINCINNATI, March 15.--Notice of reduction in wages of other than un akilled laborers, effectiva April 10, was issued at the general manager's orlice ! of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company here to day, The classes of employees affect- ' i'd include shop mechanics, maintenance of way mechanica and helpers, sta tionary engineers and tiremen and virtually all classes of service oxcept train and engine employees, telegraph i operators and station agents. HOUSTON, Tex., March 15.?Repre sentatives of common labor oi the Gulf Coast lines, after a four-hour confer? ence to-day, asked for several days in which to present the case of wage cuts! to the men. The cuts are scheduled' to become effective April G. The South ern Pacificfe announcement of wage cuts for April 15 will affect 10,000 men it was said to-day. P. R. R. Wage Cuts Will Take Effect April 20 ? ______ Sveciai P<xva!ch to The Tnbune PHILADELPHIA, March 15.-There ?vere two Important developmenta in the railroad wage situation to-day: Tho Pennsylvania Railroad an lounced April 20 as the date on which t intended to. put into effect the wage 211 ta ordered J-ecently bv tht board of iirectors. The Reading Railway announced that it had put bsforo ropresentafivos of tho 8,000 of lt? 86,000 workors, classed as ufiskillod laborers, a pro* posal for wago reductions ran^iiig from lf) to 2fi per cent. The atinouucement. of the date on which ihe Ponnsylvania Intends to put I rodticed wttge Bcales into effecl was , Incorporated in a notice proposcd to? ilny which will be plaoecl 011 all the | rond's bulletin broads not later than ' Thurdday, Th<> notice is dated March I 17 and is intended ns the thirty days' odvanco notification demanded by the transportation act of 1920 for many j classea of employees. It also outlines the procedure which will be followed in giving representa- j i tlvos of tho workers, including sub i ordinato officials, opportunity to alr ! their vicws on the new schedules. > I The datcs for a serics of conferences I are announced, the object of which is ] | stated to bo that of "reaching an ngree- I | mcnt as to what constltutes just and roasonable ratcs of pay in tho light of . present conditions," At the conferences tho men will be j 'informed of the oxact wage figures which the company deems a fair re t.urn for their work under prescnt con-! ditions. These figures have not yet , been made public. The men will have the opportunity to put forward argu ments for changes in the figures laid , before them by tho company. It is possiblo that the figures will be | in somo instances changod as a result of employees' protests, but an ofticial of the company said to-day that. such action was not probable. At the end of the five-hour mecting betueen tho workers' representatives and officials of the Reading, headed by Goncral Manager F. M. Falek to-day, the labor men said the actual reduc- J tions proposcd were greater than those announced ny the company They gnid the reductions put before them were J'rom 8 to 13 ccnts an hour on a present . srale of 27 to 03 cents, or from about 21 to 30 per cent. The union men said they had voicod j I strenuous objections to the reductions. They said it was likely that their unions would reject tho company's pro j poaal, and that it, would evcntually find j its way to the Railway Labor Board. On March 29 the men who were at I to-day's mecting will mccl again, and | the company will be informed of the j action taken by each group of its work? ers. .Rail Hpads to Answer Charge of Extravagance j Expected to Toll Senate Ilear ing That Operating Cosls Are To Be Reduced l>y Economies ; From Th>- Tribune's WaaMngton Bureau WASHINGTON, March 16. Railway! executives have advised Senator Cum ! mins, chairman of the Senate Commit-| tee on Interstate Comerce, that they desire full opportunity to present their side of the case when the committee begins its investigation during the ex tra session of Congress into the rail- ! road situation and the operating ex penses of the lines. The executives are preparing to do fend themselves against tho criticism j that the roads have been inefficiently and extravagantly raanaged. While these complaints have not formally been laid before the committee, it is understood they will be. Leaders of railway labor are getting ready to do so. In addition the railroad heads are expected to endeavor to convince tho committee and the public that there is hope in the transportation troubles of the country, and that conditions will! mend. They have informed members ; of the committee that they expect to reduce operating expenses heavily. This will be done partly through cuts in \i}-\ of the men and by reductions in the number of men employed and part ly by the cheaper supplies which the railroads must have. Judge A. W. Thom, counsel for the Association of Railway Executives, and T. De Witt Cuyler, chairman >? the aa sociation, have conferrod with Senator Cummins and outlined their views on conditions. - As to the total amount of the reduc? tions in operating expenses which can 1 be effected through lowered pay and reduced personnel, it is estimated $300,000,000 can be saved. Perhaps an equal amount can be saved through i iower prices for supplies and equip- ! ! ment. j Receiver for New Haven Urged by Business Men \ (.onnsel for Assoeiated hidus tries of Massac.husetts Advo- i eates Plan at Citizens9 Meeting BOSTON, March 15.?A receivership for the New York. Xew Haven & Hart- i ford Railroad and its entire reorgani zation was advocated to-day by Edgar j J. Rich, counsel for the Assoeiated In dustries of Massachusetts, as a solu tion for some of the present difficulties of Xew England roads. Mr. Rich was ! the chief speaker at the afternoon ses- ! sion of the special citizens' commis sion representing the states of this section which is investigating the transportation sitnntion in Xew Eng? land. "I doubt if anything can save the Xew Haven from a receivership," said j Mr. Rich, adding that "it is not to be deplored." j Christian Science Church to liold Services i:j Theater Here , The Xinth Church of Christ, Scien- I tist, of Boston, will hold services next Sunday at the Morosco Theater at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m? it being the first timo a Chnstian Scientist church has invaded the theatrical district to hold a meeting. Testimonial meotings will be held on Wednesdays at noon. [n addition to the Sunday and Wednesday serv? ices next week the church will give a free public lecture on Christian Science at the same plnce Tuesday noon. HALF the world thinks of Ovington's when it thinks of* sending a gift and the other half thanks it for remembering OVINGTON'S "Tho Gift Shop ofSthAve" 314 Fifth Ave. nr. 32d St. arKiug isc With Denpis Lane, Mral Ciitters' Official, llead of A. F. of L. Likcly lo Appeai* for the Workers ____ Warninc to Ketailers Armour Says Storking Up in Fear of Strike Causes H\i* Increase in Price Spr.cial Dinpatch to Tho. Tribtin ? CHICAGO, March 15.?Samucl Gorn pors probably will be ope of the repro sentntives the packing house workers will have in Waahington next week to reprcsent them at the mcdiation con ferenco which has been called by Sec retary of Labor Davis. The other is cxpectcd to be Dennia Lane, secretary treasurer of the Amalgamated Meat Cuttera and Butcher Workmen of Amer ica. Tho representativea nre to bc select ed at a meeting here to-morrow of offi? eials of the nine different fcrades uniona which aro affected by the 10 to 20 per cent wage cut and the two-hour time f .an jjley Sueceeds (Ihapij! as Oiief Dry Asenft Here _Vo Enforcement Agents Held on Extortion Char^f After Huft'alo Indictment; Bool.einrors in City IVlarkrl The report that Ernest Langley, a member of the local prohibition en? forcement staff, will take the place of Daniel Chapin as Federal Supervisor of the New York enforcement distfrict, was confirmed yesterday. Mr. Langley has not received the appointment as supervisor, but will become acting su? pervisor when Mr. Chapin leavi a to day to continue as supervii . ?? the Chicago district. Mr. Chapin has only been acting supervisor of the local district, so his resignation was not neccssai y. Mr. Langley has been in the revenue service twelve yeara and there is con si i rable rejoicing in prohibition circles because hc has been chosen to take charge of the New York ofti II is a ssocial es said yc ': ( rdaj I expect his appointment to be made . ormanent after a short probation period. He is a brother of Congress man John Langley, of Kentucky. At the requc i of the Federal au thorities of Buffalo two prohibition agents, whose homea are tn Brooklyn, were arrested there yesterday on charges of extortion and conspiracy made againat them at Buffalo and sev* cral other cities in tho western part he state. The two agents are Timothy A. Daly; of -171 Sixty-aecond Street, and Louis A. Jacobs, of 134 ( hester Street. Jacobs formerly wa .-. aeptuy collector of internal revenue and well known in politica! circles in Brownsville. They were held in $2,000 bail each. George Senft, a saloonkeeper of 115 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, was found guilty of bribing two prohibition agents who foun 1 liquor in his place and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary atAtlanta byJudge Garvin in the Brooklyn Federal Court. Ile also was fined $250, A stay of execu tion for two years and an appeai were granted by the judge, because the com plaining witness, on whose testimony the saloonkeeper was largely convicted, was Timothy Daly, one of the two agents arrested yeaterday following his indictment in Buffalo. Senft was re leased in $5,000 bail. On a tip that whisky was beVr sold in Washington Market and tht ' hand book men were operating the missioner Edward .1. O'Malle; Department o( Public Marki staff of his investigators mad yesterday which resultcd in the revoca tion of the license cx one butcher, who was charged with openly selling whisky, and the breaking up of the operations of the handbook men. The Commissioner said that when he went to the market he discovered sev eral persons getting suspicious look ing packages from a butcher's stand. He found upon further investigation, he said, that the packages contained bottles of whisky, and a s ;rch of tho butcher's stand disclosed six quart bot? tles of whisky, which the Commissioner is now holding as evidence. , Com of tho and a a raid Russo-Polish Peace Friday Slgnature of Treaty Officially Is Predicted RIGA, Latvia, March 15 (By The Associated Press).- Official announce ment was made to-day by the Ruoso Polish Peace Conference that the peace treaty between the two countries will be signcd Friday evening at a public meeting of the conference. llaitibur<? Line Pavs 8 Per Ont rlAMBURG, March' 15. The Ham burg-American Steamship Company will pay an annual dividend of s per cent for the years 1919 and 1920. The New Capital City ^ASHINGTON is new evcry four years. New Administrations bring new faces and new residents to Washington. Have you been to Washington since March 4? Warclman Park Hotel accommodations can be booked in advance. HARRY WARDMAN ELMER DYKR Pruident Marmgtr Connecticut Aver.ue and Wbodtey Road WASHINGTON, SMX \ rently reference guide for tm- |>u?j man -Intereaiing announcem<>n.t_ under lh? neadins ot "Bu-iaess i/.n .' in to day's Tribune Want Acl Pastf.?Advt^ _ Increase which went into effect in the , paeklng plants throughout the country ? ? it< raay. Betail butchers were urged by J. <)k oen Armour, ln a statemenl issued to . day, to ' r| tocklng up on fresh meal : The warning followcd an increase of $1 u hundred pounds in the price of beef since last Friday and a jump of $6 -> hundred in the price of pork since last Tuesday. Excuse to Raise Price This increase waa attributed by the Unlted States Bureau of Mnrkets lyge i ly to a tendcncy on t hi pai t of i et ai1 butchers, foarful of labor troubb ? the paeklng house workei lay in unusually large supplies of ,,,-;., . . to have given many reta excuse to advance meat from 5 to 2r) ct nt ? a pound. "Despite ' le facl that we ?re jntcr ested in increasin : ou r volume ln 01 b ' ?? Icssen opei itii g c< -?' ?.' Armour's stati ment, "nevertl | ?. i | hlg occaslon I o coun ?? re1 a ers against creati ng an arti ticia I uge by stocking up v\ it meat to provide against tho po ol a striko, Such a rush of buj ng would lend to force . up !>i le s with ticular benefit to anybody. We bi lieve ret; il< rs will be ablc to *< cure the continuous HUpply they nced." Many Vote on New Plan Encourngemcnt was seen by the Ar? mour & Co. officials in the firsl ? of the balloting to-day under "conference plan," whicb i( wa 1 nounced yesterday by Mr. Armour : would he put into effect at his plant to enable the workers to have a voice in their direction. According to o ' 1 seventy-five per cent of the workers ! vrted in tho first ten dopartments f rom i which rcsults were received. ? "This shows," said an official, "tl i Publisbers Urge Ban on Collusioi. In Labor Contracts Meyer-Martin Bill PutJisi^ Such Practices Under the Doimelly Anti-Trust Act Receives Strong Barkinii ALBANY, March 15.?The enactment :' the Meyer-Martin bill bringing col lusive contracts betwei ers and employees within the Bcope of the Don nelly anti-trust act, was urged by rep resentatives of the publishers ? York State at a hearing t the Joint Judiciary committe The plea of the opponents of the hi!l was that. if the bill were enacted it might end the agreemenl entered between the Photo Engravers' Unii n o( this state and the employing photo engravers. One or the principal op? ponents of the measure was Charl Brodek, counsel for the Heating and Ventilating Board, one of the me of the Hettrick code, which he admitted had been investigated by the Lockwood committee. Henry ?!. Wolz, president of tho Photo Engravers' I'nion, No. 1, i n tl ed thal his union dictated i he prices on which the employing en? gravers were forced to Bell their prod uct. Mr. Wolz pleaded that the ^y:'^r.-. was an experiment and should be al lowed to continue. He admitted that from 75 to 80 per cent of the photo engraving work of the state is con trolled by his union. He said that he believed tho increases in the price of the product as stated by Mr. Saxe was excessive. Saxe had said that the v: creases ran fr m 87Ms to 220 per cent. Mr. Wolz did not have figures avail? able, but thought 87 per cent was! nearer the mark than the higher figure. Daniel Nicoll, n Xew "i i rk i ity : ul ? lisher, said that he r.e ? ited, in ad? dition to the Xew York City Pub? lishers' Association, the Advertising Agents' Association, the National Pub? lishers' Association and other users of photo engraving. "\\ hen it comes to photo engraving." said Mr. Nicoll, "there is no question of arbitration. We are. told, 'This is the price you've got to pay and there's nothing to t.alk about.'" During the argument on the measure Senator Meyer said that the bill was necessary to complete the work started by the Lockwood committee and which revealed collusive agreements between employers and employees. A second hearing will be held tuesday. National Tube Plant Closed WHEELING, W. Va.,. March 15. - The Xational Tube Company to day suspended work at the Riverside plant for an indefinite period. The plant, which ordinarily employs more than 3,000 men, has been operating with re duced forces. b p an \r a ci m rt attentio i ti d < th e c on f - , ? ? ;. II ' ? . . ? "? "?' I ' ? '?>' trav 7. emplo ... >ii. erences to Up ? ? . ? ? - : .1 ...... - 10' ? I "ai ti-u THE NATIONAL DRINK /& !;? I -? -_H__# AT 95c for q <r\ 5C'c .orpirUs, " Grape Juicc value drink buy Drink it in sn ;es, cold. B!end :; with ; ' cr charge1 - ge: ale. Wel . ure fruit juice, rich in fc elements. From your grocer, d gist cr conf? ctii WELCH?Westneld, New York nmunity 3laie Par JF 25% Less In addition to thi reduction on t_w P 0 p u I a r ' and Brida] pattern there |0-w< ' of great inten to you. ? M 1 "Your Def re " BloominpdaleS Lexington ti jOth Sl. ^-?'X ^"%^u^ BONWIT TELLER: 6X0. FIFTH AVENUE AT 3g? STREET FRENCH ROOM-rww ?oo* ?& YOUTH ? SIMPLICITY ELEGANCE M .,Hii^ i-Wrtfc